mattclements Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hello, I use the following code to create relational tables: /* Remove all old Tables that may cause an error */ DROP TABLE behaviour_code; DROP TABLE behaviour_log; DROP TABLE teacher; DROP TABLE student; /* Create All Tables */ /* Create Behaviour Code Table */ CREATE TABLE behaviour_code ( `code` VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL, `name` TEXT(50) NOT NULL, `description` LONGTEXT, PRIMARY KEY (`code`) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; /* Create Student Table */ CREATE TABLE student ( `id` INTEGER(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `first_name` TEXT(75) NOT NULL, `last_name` TEXT(75) NOT NULL, `form` VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; /* Create Teacher Table */ CREATE TABLE teacher ( `id` INTEGER(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `name` TEXT(150) NOT NULL, `form` VARCHAR(5), PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; /* Create Behaviour Log Table */ CREATE TABLE behaviour_log ( `id` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `date` DATETIME NOT NULL, `code` VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL, `student` VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL, `teacher` VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL, `description` LONGTEXT, `action_taken` LONGTEXT, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), ) ENGINE = InnoDB; /* Create Behaviour Log Relationships */ ALTER TABLE behaviour_log ADD Foreign Key (student) references teacher(id), ADD Foreign Key (teacher) references student(id), ADD Foreign Key (code) references behaviour_code(code); However when I run this in SQL I get the following error: /* Create Behaviour Log Relationships */ ALTER TABLE behaviour_log ADD FOREIGN KEY ( student ) REFERENCES teacher( id ) , ADD FOREIGN KEY ( teacher ) REFERENCES student( id ) , ADD FOREIGN KEY ( code ) REFERENCES behaviour_code( code ) ; MySQL said: #1005 - Can't create table './unit13/#sql-656_29ed.frm' (errno: 150) Please help! P.S. Im using: phpMyAdmin 2.10.1, SQL: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch3-log, PHP 5 with Apache Latest Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88706-foreign-key-issues/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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